After falling in the first round of the men's doubles and men's singles competitions in Incheon, teenagers Iqbal Ahmad Shekib and Meri Sayed Emran will be watching the rest of the tournament from the sidelines.

Having returned from the Olympic Games on a high with his prodigy Saina Nehwal bagging a bronze, India's national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand said the country's budding shuttlers have a bright future and are capable of achieving bigger feats.